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Drop Box ask some users to change passwords

Aug

28

2016

Cloud storage service called “Drop Box” Dropbox from some users who have logged their accounts with the service by mid-2012 to change their passwords.

The cloud storage service as require users to change their passwords as a precaution, and they have not done so because there is no indication of the possibility of access to their accounts unauthorized.

She pointed to the service it had to take this action after learning the company’s security team has the presence of a large group of user accounts that consist of e-mail addresses and passwords fragmented data.

It is believed that these data have been obtained in 2012, and can be connected to the incident of penetration that hit the company, which were announced at the time.

The paths Buckeyes had indicated in 2012 that the company investigations have shown the use of user names and passwords recently stolen from other sites to log on to a few Dorp Box accounts.

The move by the Box cloud storage service paths in the wake of many breakthroughs that occurred, including breach of Enkidan service in 2012.

This has led to concerns about the possibility of using e-mail addresses unified and passwords used by users across several accounts within the different services.

It recommends Cloud Drop Box Storage Service users using a safe two-step method of verification when you reset their passwords.